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The DC Council is expected to vote at Tuesday's legislative meeting on emergency legislation to amend the District's open meetings law to provide new exceptions that Council Chair Phil Mendelson describes as necessary in part to enable…

Weeks after proclaiming a need to take over aspects of DC's governance, President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order to establish a federal task force to foster his campaign pledges to make the nation's capital "safe and…

Uncertainty in the House over the fate of legislation to avoid forcing the District to make $1 billion in mid-year spending cuts is leading to delays in the preparation and release of Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposed budget for fiscal year…

The GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted 23-21 yesterday to advance legislation that would nullify any DC laws, policies and practices that limit the local government's cooperation with federal immigration…

The company already operating self-driving taxis in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin is looking to bring its autonomous ride-hailing service to DC by 2026, vowing in an announcement this morning to continue working with…

Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed confidence today that the House of Representatives will vote on the measure already approved by the Senate to undo $1 billion in DC spending cuts mandated under the congressionally approved continuing…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local officials are celebrating the Senate's passage of a bill to allow the District to spend according to its approved budget — thereby averting $1 billion in cuts midway through fiscal year 2025 as long as…

DC Council members Christina Henderson, Janeese Lewis George and Zachary Parker were among those pushing the District's case on Capitol Hill this morning by visiting Senate offices ahead of today's debate on the stopgap funding bill that…

Virginia and Maryland senators are speaking out against the $1 billion in spending cuts that would be forced on the DC government by the stopgap spending bill approved by the House this week to avoid a government shutdown.

After House passage late yesterday afternoon of a stop-gap spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, DC leaders are turning to the Senate as they seek to undo a requirement that would force projected cuts of $1 billion to the…

A united front among District officials wasn't enough yesterday to sway the House Rules Committee to authorize a floor vote on DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton's proposed amendment to the stop-gap spending bill — an effort by Norton to remove…

In response to the stop-gap spending measure introduced by House GOP leaders over the weekend, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is pushing for an amendment to the overall package to avoid forcing the District to revert to last year's spending…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb has joined his counterparts in 19 states in filing a new lawsuit that seeks to stop mass firings of probationary employees in multiple federal agencies.

"They're not ordering us to do anything," Mayor Muriel Bowser said today in response to reporters' characterizations of President Donald Trump's social media post yesterday calling for her to "clean up all of the unsightly homeless…

Mayor Muriel Bowser held a "teletownhall" this morning to discuss the broad impact of federal job losses on the local economy, saying she is prioritizing efforts to address the projected loss in revenue and minimize the disruptive effects.…

Amid a tight budget environment confirmed Friday by the chief financial officer's reduced revenue projections, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced a proposed 2.7% increase in fiscal year 2026 to the funding formula that provides a basis…

The District's independent chief financial officer delivered new revenue estimates on Friday evening that include a $21.6 million reduction from his December projection for the current fiscal year and an average drop of $342.1 million over…

Unemployment claims rose dramatically last week in the District, exacerbating worries about the local economic impact from the Trump administration's continuing efforts to curb spending and reduce the size of the federal workforce.

The National Park Service is projecting peak bloom for the Tidal Basin's 3,500 cherry trees between March 28 and 31, a bit later that last year but still earlier than the historical norm.

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is making headlines again today with his announcement of a "significant shift" in its opinion section that led the editorial page editor to resign his post rather than implement the mandated changes.

Higher education institutions generate more than $6 billion of economic activity in DC and another $9 billion elsewhere in the region, according to a new report from the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Ahead of what's expected to be a challenging budget season as rising costs continue to outpace revenue growth, Mayor Muriel Bowser touted efforts to grow the economy as one of her budget priorities at the first of three community…

Attorney General Brian Schwalb this morning announced three lawsuits against Maryland drivers with tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid fines for dangerous driving.

In response to President Donald Trump's remarks last night reiterating his campaign-trail calls for the federal government to take over the DC government, Mayor Muriel Bowser today challenged the idea that local leaders aren't up to the…

An independent movie theater that brought cinephiles downtown for two decades is slated to close as soon as early March, with the owner saying that its economic fortunes never recovered from the pandemic.

A high-ranking prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia has resigned after refusing to comply with directives regarding an investigation into environmental funding during the previous administration, according…

The DC Board of Elections has scheduled a July 15 special election to fill the vacancy created by the expulsion of Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., and one of White's challengers in the most recent Democratic primary says he'll run…

At a community meeting last night, Mayor Muriel Bowser laid out a vision of a redeveloped RFK Stadium campus that relies on the Washington Commanders as an anchor — an effort not only to court the team's owners but also to build public…

The District's first publicly accessible paramedic education program is slated to launch next year, thanks to a new partnership between the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department and the University of the District of Columbia.

As DC's affordable housing sector continues to raise alarm about high levels of unpaid rent among tenants, Mayor Muriel Bowser this afternoon announced a proposed legislative package that would extend the temporary changes to eviction…